Machine Guarding: Last Defense Against Injuries

摘要

OSHA's Top Ten Most Cited Violations for 2017 were released a few months ago, and again machine guarding was on the list, in eighth place with 1,933 violations. Remember, those are only the violations OSHAs 2,100 inspectors found and cited. Many other companies have not put the required guards on their equipment, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' data shows approximately 2,000 accidents left employees with pain, crushed fingers, hands, arms, disfiguring amputations, and even death. Manufacturing jobs have incident rates more than twice that of general industry, so this area still needs attention to further protect employees.